Transcriptions for Unaccompanied Viola

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Album Description
Robin Ireland was the violist for The Lindsays (formerly The Lindsay String Quartet) for over 20 years. Although these works were originally written for other instruments, the use of a viola as on this recording comes from Bach's second son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, who wrote that his father "enjoyed playing the viola above all." Bach wrote transcriptions of his own works and there is little doubt that, had he been aware of the possibilities afforded by the modified viola, he may well have transcribed these himself.

Tracks:

Adagio
Fugue
Siciliana
Presto
Prelude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte I & II
Gigue
Chaconne

Album Description

Robin Ireland was the violist for The Lindsays (formerly The Lindsay String Quartet) for over 20 years. Although these works were originally written for other instruments, the use of a viola as on this recording comes from Bach's second son, Carl Philipp Emanuel, who wrote that his father "enjoyed playing the viola above all." Bach wrote transcriptions of his own works and there is little doubt that, had he been aware of the possibilities afforded by the modified viola, he may well have transcribed these himself.

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the great piano works on one cd

Charles Ives: Piano Music

Manufacturer: Vox (Classical)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Tracks:

Sonata No. 2: Emerson
Sonata No. 2: Hawthorne
Sonata No. 2: The Alcotts
Sonata No. 2: Thoreau
Sonata No. 2: Waltz Rondo
Four Emerson Transcriptions: No. 1
Four Emerson Transcriptions: No. 2
Four Emerson Transcriptions: No. 3
Four Emerson Transcriptions: No. 4

Tracks:

Piano Sonata No. 1: Adagio con moto
Piano Sonata No. 1: Allegro moderato - In The Inn
Piano Sonata No. 1: Largo
Piano Sonata No. 1: Scherzo
Piano Sonata No. 1: Andante maestoso
Variations On 'America'
March In G And D - 'Here's To Good Ole Yale'
The Bells Of Yale
The Seen And Unseen
The 3-Page Sonata

Customer Reviews:

the great piano works on one cd.......2002-05-07

Nina Deutsch gives a sensitive rendition of the important piano works of Ives. Having studied with John Kirkpatrick and William Masselos (who premiered the Second and First Sonatas), Deutsch is intimately familiar with the various conflicting Ives scores.

According to Deutsch, there are over twenty versions of the Emerson movement (of the Concord), and she says Ives never intended to finish it. This performance is based on her own edition of the score.

The problem of the Emerson movement is highlighted in the Four Emerson Transcriptions which are included on the cd. For Ives, Emerson and Beethoven were closely related. The first four notes of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony appear throughout the Concord, but are central to the Emerson movement.

Ms. Deutsch clocks a fast Concord, 38 minutes (about the same as John Kirkpatrick). There is an error on the cd, listing Ives' Waltz Rondo as the fifth movement of the Concord. While it is the fifth track on the first cd, it is a distinct work from the Concord.

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